The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-04-29
While As I told Won I yasfer1bjyf

] ttiAilh "a AititCt stan lAidN 4lIG
lunat.e 10 deal with, and that ne
must BE- humore.l.
When he had repeated his commas
Il second time / went forward to a
recitation bench, and he began Civ
ing out words for me to spell. The
lesson was not half oyer, when m Y
belief in his insanity was confirmed
After the first few words he began
To pronounce backward. When be
! gave out the word unicorn re pro
nouncel 1t "cornuni." When I gay e
it the right pronunciation anu began
to spell 1t ia q proper way he inter
rupteJ me with:
"Stop! The world has been GO
ing on foo fast for the last fifty years
ami must stop, or be thrown Off its
axis. We must go backward where
We can"
In pursuance Of his theory he pro.
nouree ] he word "fulfll" rs e.d.lfal'
and l humoged aim by spelling tie
words hat way. After about hall
an hour he laid the book dowr.
co nplImentihg me on my smartue, $
and during u recess Of five minutes
he walked up aud DOWN The flor,
with his head down an | his ar rs be-
hind him. Alike ore in deep thought.
Thus tar he had betrayed NJ temper
nor sign of violence, and | began to
breathe easier. l even calculated
that it might be possible to trick
him. He presently called me up to
recite in geography, AMI here lis
insanity was stall more apparent.
When he ASKED me al an island
was, a1d rrCei1e.l the answer as CIV
ell in the lesson he struck the desk
with his ruler ana exclaimed:
1T is not 50 We have been
fools, An island is hill 200 hun
dTed feet high. and these hypocrltes
knew 1t all the time."
1t WIS II o o'clock at night before
he ceased asking questions in ge-
ograPhy. Then I asked for per-
mission togo home aud get my
slate pencil. He accorieI il. but as
| reached the locked door he called;
No, you can't so. You are enc
OF the children " no spit on the floor
to day, and I shall keep you here"
From II to y I sat in a char
near the stove, While he paced up
and down and muttere snd NUNS
bled in a strange way t. himself. |
Whenever the fire got low 1 repIen
lshed 1t without objections from him,
nor did he seem aware Of the storm
raging outside. Just after midnight
be made me work examples on the
biacA board for all hour. and once or
twice became very much excited.
According to his theory [ must not
figure that two and two made four,
that the total was nothing. This
was setting the world back. After
resi- W. had a recitation in gram
mar another in reading and ats
o'elocl he rang the bell. and calm
~ observed.
Children, school is dismissed.
Tomorrow bzipg Saturday. ther e
will be no school"
Then, without even seeming to be
aware Of my presence, he put on his
overcoat, drew his cap over his ears,
aud passed out into the storm and
left ms alone. 1 list no time in
locking The doors behin him, and it
was not until daylight that | got
over the fear Of his return. Soon
after daybrelk Uncle Billy came
for me, having been detained tho day /
before by a sick horse, aud sending
me a message which was not deliv-
cred. We had scarcely finish ed .
breakfast when the dea and frozen
body of Ny crazy schoolmaster was
broug hit in. He was, in truth, an
old school master, and had gone in
sane anl been cantin ID in an asylum
at Cleveland. Escaping from the
place, he went lramping over the
country and walked in upon me in
the queer manner | have related
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